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March 12 (Reuters) - Major European nations, including Britain, Germany and France, joined a wave of suspensions of Boeing Co's 737 MAX aircraft on Tuesday following the latest fatal crash involving the jet.

European Aviation Safety Agency also suspended all flight operations of the plane in the European Union.

Boeing said on Tuesday it has "full confidence" in the safety of the 737 MAX fleet, and many countries and airlines continue to operate the narrowbody jet.

Here is a list of groundings so far:

GROUNDINGS/SUSPENSIONS BY COUNTRY:

Australia'sCivil Aviation Safety Authority said it had temporarily suspended the operation of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to or from the country.

Austria has decided to ground Boeing 737 MAX aircraft for security reasons until further notice, its transport minister said.

Britain on Tuesday suspended flights of the 737 MAX aircraft over its territory. "We have, as a precautionary measure, issued instructions to stop any commercial passenger flights from any operator arriving, departing or overflying UK airspace," a spokesperson said in a statement.

Norway closed its airspace to all Boeing 737 Max 8 planes, the head of its civil aviation authority, Lars Kobberstad, told NRK public radio.

Poland closed its airspace to Boeing 737 Max 8 airliners from Tuesday evening and grounded its own fleet of the planes.

Singapore'sCivil Aviation Authority suspended operations of all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in and out of the country.

South Korea is conducting an emergency inspection on Eastar Jet's two MAX 8 jets, a ministry official said. The South Korean budget carrier would temporarily ground its two 737 MAX 8s from Wednesday, an airline spokesman said on Tuesday.

Vietnam state media reported Civil Aviation Authority Of Vietnam (CAAV) will not issue licenses to local airlines to operate the 737 MAX until the cause of the Ethiopian crash is determined.

GROUNDINGS BY AIRLINE:

CAYMAN AIRWAYS

The airline said it had grounded both of its MAX 8 jets until it got more information on the crash.

COMAIR

The South African airline said that it would remove 737 MAX 8 jets from its schedule. It has ordered eight aircraft of this type but has only received one so far.

NORWEGIAN AIR

The company will temporarily ground its MAX 8 passenger jets at the advice of European regulators.

S7 AIRLINES

Russia'sS7 Airlines says it grounded Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes. It had only two such planes in Russia.

SINGAPORE AIRLINES

Singapore Airlines said its unit Silk Air, which operates 6 MAX 8 planes, has temporarily withdrawn them from service.

TUI AIRWAYS

Germany'sTUI Group, the largest leisure, travel and tourism company in the world, said it was discontinuing all Boeing 737 MAX 8 flights across all airlines of the group.

TURKISH AIRLINES

Turkish Airlines has grounded all commercial flights by its Boeing 737 MAX models as of March 13 until uncertainty over their safety is resolved.

This is what countries and airlines, who have NOT grounded the MAX jets, are saying:

AIR CANADA

"We have operated this aircraft type since 2017 and currently have 24 in our fleet. These aircraft have performed excellently from a safety, reliability and customer satisfaction perspective."

AMERICAN AIRLINES

The company said it remained fully confident in the aircraft and that it was closely monitoring the investigation.

BAMBOO AIRWAYS

The Vietnamese airline, which announced last month it was in talks to buy 25 Boeing 737 planes, declined to comment.

BRAZIL'S AIR TRAVEL REGULATOR

Brazil's air travel regulator said it was not grounding the aircraft and that it was following the investigation.

CANADA

Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau said on Tuesday that the government has no plans to ground Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, but is ready to "act immediately" to suspend flights if new information emerges indicating there is a problem.

FIJI AIRWAYS

The airline, which operates 2 MAX 8 planes, said it was confident in the jet.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

The U.S. airline said it remained fully confident in the aircraft and was closely monitoring the investigation.

SUNEXPRESS

SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Germany'sLufthansa, is seeking more clarity ahead of five MAX-8 plane deliveries by the end of the year.

WESTJET

"We are monitoring the situation closely and will not speculate on the cause of the incident at this time. We have 13 MAX aircraft in our fleet of 121 Boeing 737s." (Compiled by Ankit Ajmera and Chandini Monnappa in Bengaluru, and Alexander Cornwell in Dubai; Editing by Mark Potter, Shreejay Sinha and Sriraj Kalluvila) REUTERS